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6.5 Ready, Set, Go! Program <br />The Ready, Set , Go! Program seeks to develop and improve the dialogue between fire departments <br />and the residents they seNe. The program helps the fire service teach individuals who live in high risk <br />wildland fire areas-and the WUl-how to best prepare themselves and their properties against <br />wildland fire threats. <br />Wildland fire preparedness in partnership <br />with your local fire department <br />Rf ADY, SH, (;OI ~""JP • ._~q ... -,,. <br />~-Be ready. <br />Tall< to local fire department <br />personnel about preparing your homo <br />forwildland nm lhrnal. <br />Work lo prepare your property by <br />creating defensible space. <br />0 Clean up or relocate combustible <br />material trorn around your home <br />0 Keep grass rnowe{1 short <br />1;;,111irn lroos and bushos. lo allowing <br />amplo spaco bolwoo,, your homo <br />and landscape vegetation <br />; ." -Be alert. <br />Pref)are: a 'go kit' anrl i11chid<1 <br />Items such as <br />71 PrC'.SCriplion rnodlcalion <br />rn Emergency supplies <br />[?1 Important documents <br />Create your own action plan <br />li) F~an a11c:l pracliC(l rm1lliplo (JXil <br />roule-'l from your home <br />and neighborhood <br />i 11 Assign a meeting place In case <br />you are separated <br />171 Make sure you're 1arnlliar with your <br />local arnc-i rgency notillcalion and <br />ovac, 1ation systoms <br />~1 -Act early! <br />1'1 Remain alert and koop yoursolt <br />informed of the situation. <br />0 Gel your 'go kit' and if',ave wt1II <br />before the Impending tl1reat <br />reaches your community or <br />neigtibortiood 1ollowing a planne,j, <br />aGC(~<.-sible roul(l. <br />Pl Cooporalo with local aulhorilios <br />during evacuation and <br />re-enlry procesSf'~'l. <br />The program 's tenets help residents be Ready with preparedness understanding, be Set with <br />situational awareness when fire threatens, and to Go early when necessary. The Ready, Set, Go! <br />Program works in complementary and collaborative fashion with the Fire Adapted Communities <br />Coalition and existing wildland fire public education efforts (e.g., Firewise) and amplifies their <br />message to individuals about emergency preparedness and evacuation . Ready, Set, Go! provides <br />educational and outreach materials to limited English speakers, standardizing the message and <br />ensuring that information is accurate across languages . Washington State Emergency Management <br />Division provides additional resources for educational outreach to limited English speakers. <br />Community Wildfire Protection Plan 53 September 2018